Composer Ludovic Bource accepts the Best Original Score Award for 'The Artist' onstage during the 84th Annual Academy Awards held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California.Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Animators William Joyce (L) and Brandon Oldenburg accept the Best Animated Short Film Award for 'The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore' onstage during the 84th Annual Academy Awards held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California.Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy accept the Oscar for the Best Documentary Short Subject for their film "Saving Face" at the 84th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, February 26, 2012.REUTERS/Gary Hershorn

The winner for Best Supporting Actress Octavia Spencer addresses the audience onstage at the 84th Annual Academy Awards on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California.ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

Director Gore Verbinski accepts the Best Animated Feature Award for 'Rango' onstage during the 84th Annual Academy Awards held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California.Kevin Winter
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Mark Bridges, winner for costume design for "The Artist" addresses the audience onstage at the 84th Annual Academy Awards on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California.ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

Winner for Best Cinematography for "Hugo," Robert Richardson addresses the audience onstage at the 84th Annual Academy Awards on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California.ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

Filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, winner of the Best Foreign Film Award for 'A Separation,' speaks onstage during the 84th Annual Academy Awards held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California.Kevin Winter/Getty Images

The Oscar winners for makeup Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland address the audience onstage at the 84th Annual Academy Awards on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California.ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

Mark Bridges, winner for costume design for "The Artist" addresses the audience onstage at the 84th Annual Academy Awards on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California.ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

Winners for Best Art Direction to for "Hugo," Dante Feretti and Francesca lo Schiavo address the audience onstage at the 84th Annual Academy Awards on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California.ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

Tom Fleischman and John Midgley winners for Sound Mixing for "Hugo" address the audience onstage the ceremony of the 84th Annual Academy Awards on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California.ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty winners for Sound Editing for "Hugo" address the audience onstage the ceremony of the 84th Annual Academy Awards on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California.ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

Winner for Best Music (Original Song) for 'Man or Muppet,' Bret McKenzie addresses the audience onstage at the 84th Annual Academy Awards on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California.Robyn Beck
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Animators William Joyce (L) and Brandon Oldenburg accept the Best Animated Short Film Award for 'The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore' onstage during the 84th Annual Academy Awards held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California.Kevin Winter
/ Getty Images

Christopher Plummer accepts the Best Supporting Actor Award for 'Beginners' onstage during the 84th Annual Academy Awards held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California.Kevin Winter
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"Hugo," Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Brian Selznick's novel "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" tells of an orphaned boy (Asa Butterfield) living amidst the walls of a Paris tran station. It won Oscars for art direction and cinematography Sunday at the 84th annual Academy Awards.Jaap Buitendijk
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Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo in The Artist. The silent film won for best costume design Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012 at the 84th annual Academy Awards.Handout
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